USCG Auxiliary AUXWEA QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
ALREADY GRADED A+
1. 1-1 On a weather map, cold
a. dark, light
fronts are indicated
b. triangle, semicircle [2]
by symbols and
c. circle, triangle
warm fronts by
d. semicircle, triangle
symbols.
2. 1-2 To represent a warm or
cold front on a a. the wind is blowing
b. the center of low pressure is located
weather map, the appropriate sym- c. the front is moving [2]
bol is drawn on d. the air is colder
the side toward which
3. 1-3 If triangles and a. cold
semicircles are shown on b. occluded
opposite
sides of the same frontal boundary, c. stationary [2]
the d. warm
front
is
a. cold, warm [2]
4. 1-4 Near a cold front, air b. cloudy, clear
is advancing c. moist, dry
and replacing the air on
d. windy, calm
the other side.
a. falling hygrometer
5. 1-5 The approach of
b. rising barometer
deteriorating weather is
c. falling barometer [3]
indicated
d. falling speedometer
by a
a. bought from a hardware store
6. 1-6 For best results, an b. mounted in a shady spot [3]
outdoor thermometer c. filled with colored water
should be d. read on cloudy days
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7. 1-7 Humidity is measured by an a. atomizer
in- strument b. humidifier
called a/an c. hygrometer [4]
d. moisturizer
8. 1-8 The amount of moisture actual- a. ratio, measured
ly in the air, as b. percentage, relative [4]
a of what the air could c. fraction, atmospheric
con- tain, is called d. percentage, partial
the humidity.
9. 1-9 The maximum amount of mois- a. decreases, decreases [4]
ture air can b. increases, decreases
contain as the air c. decreases, increases
tempera- ture . d. stays the same, increases
10. 1-10 Increasing wind speed is a sign a. high, approaching
that a b. front, departing
is . c. front, approaching [4]
d. low, receding
11. 1-11 A north wind blows from a. 360 or 000 [4]
the compass direction b. 270
c. 180
d. 090
12. 1-12 If the wind changes
a. backing
direction from 240 to
b. gusting
280 degrees, it is said to be
c. turning
d. veering [5]
13. 1-13 You are facing NE,
and the wind is at your a. to the SE
b. to the SW
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ALREADY GRADED A+
back. According to the Buys c. to your left [5]
Ballot rule, there is d. behind you
lower pressure
14. 1-14 Clouds of the form indi- a. cumulus, stratus
cate that b. stratus, nimbus
there is little or no vertical c. stratus, cumulus [5]
motion of the air, d. stratus, cirrus
whereas clouds of the
form indicate that
up- and down-drafts are
present.
15. 1-15 Clouds are divided into , a. high, middle, low [5]
, b. low, high, extensive vertical development
and families according to the c. stratus, cumulus, cirrus
heights d. high, low, surface
of their
bases.
16. 1-16 Clouds of extensive vertical de- a. stratocumulus and cumulonimbus
velopment , and clouds.
include
17. 1-17 The prefix "nimbo" or
suffix "nimbus" is
attached to a cloud form when
it is
18. 1-18 An approaching cold
front would be ind icated
by ,
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ALREADY GRADED A+
1. 1-1 On a weather map, cold
a. dark, light
fronts are indicated
b. triangle, semicircle [2]
by symbols and
c. circle, triangle
warm fronts by
d. semicircle, triangle
symbols.
2. 1-2 To represent a warm or
cold front on a a. the wind is blowing
b. the center of low pressure is located
weather map, the appropriate sym- c. the front is moving [2]
bol is drawn on d. the air is colder
the side toward which
3. 1-3 If triangles and a. cold
semicircles are shown on b. occluded
opposite
sides of the same frontal boundary, c. stationary [2]
the d. warm
front
is
a. cold, warm [2]
4. 1-4 Near a cold front, air b. cloudy, clear
is advancing c. moist, dry
and replacing the air on
d. windy, calm
the other side.
a. falling hygrometer
5. 1-5 The approach of
b. rising barometer
deteriorating weather is
c. falling barometer [3]
indicated
d. falling speedometer
by a
a. bought from a hardware store
6. 1-6 For best results, an b. mounted in a shady spot [3]
outdoor thermometer c. filled with colored water
should be d. read on cloudy days
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ALREADY GRADED A+
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ALREADY GRADED A+
7. 1-7 Humidity is measured by an a. atomizer
in- strument b. humidifier
called a/an c. hygrometer [4]
d. moisturizer
8. 1-8 The amount of moisture actual- a. ratio, measured
ly in the air, as b. percentage, relative [4]
a of what the air could c. fraction, atmospheric
con- tain, is called d. percentage, partial
the humidity.
9. 1-9 The maximum amount of mois- a. decreases, decreases [4]
ture air can b. increases, decreases
contain as the air c. decreases, increases
tempera- ture . d. stays the same, increases
10. 1-10 Increasing wind speed is a sign a. high, approaching
that a b. front, departing
is . c. front, approaching [4]
d. low, receding
11. 1-11 A north wind blows from a. 360 or 000 [4]
the compass direction b. 270
c. 180
d. 090
12. 1-12 If the wind changes
a. backing
direction from 240 to
b. gusting
280 degrees, it is said to be
c. turning
d. veering [5]
13. 1-13 You are facing NE,
and the wind is at your a. to the SE
b. to the SW
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, USCG Auxiliary AUXWEA QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
ALREADY GRADED A+
back. According to the Buys c. to your left [5]
Ballot rule, there is d. behind you
lower pressure
14. 1-14 Clouds of the form indi- a. cumulus, stratus
cate that b. stratus, nimbus
there is little or no vertical c. stratus, cumulus [5]
motion of the air, d. stratus, cirrus
whereas clouds of the
form indicate that
up- and down-drafts are
present.
15. 1-15 Clouds are divided into , a. high, middle, low [5]
, b. low, high, extensive vertical development
and families according to the c. stratus, cumulus, cirrus
heights d. high, low, surface
of their
bases.
16. 1-16 Clouds of extensive vertical de- a. stratocumulus and cumulonimbus
velopment , and clouds.
include
17. 1-17 The prefix "nimbo" or
suffix "nimbus" is
attached to a cloud form when
it is
18. 1-18 An approaching cold
front would be ind icated
by ,
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